Historical Events
Trump Indicted for Election Conspiracy
Aug 1 Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on charges of conspiring to defraud the country and prevent the peaceful transfer of power by special counsel Jack Smith [1]
- Aug 1 South America experiences a winter heatwave, with Vicuña in Chilean Andres reaching 100 degrees F, the warmest day in northern Chile for 72 years [1]
- Aug 2 Beijing records its heaviest rainfall in 140 years registering 744.8 millimeters (29.3 inches) 29th July-2nd Aug as Typhoon Doksuri passes through [1]
- Aug 2 Fossils from Ica desert, Peru, may be the heaviest creature that ever lived (beating the Blue Whale), named Perucetus colossus heavier bones mean it could have weighed 85 to 340 tonnes [1]
- Aug 3 Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard's musical "Back to the Future: The Musical", based on the 1985 Robert Zemeckis film, and starring Roger Bart and Casey Likes, opens at Winter Garden Theatre, NYC
- Aug 3 Former US President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to criminal conspiracy charges aimed at subverting the 2020 presidential election at an arraignment in Washington D.C. [1]
- Aug 3 Forty-one migrants form Ivory Coast and Guinea drown and just four survive after their boat capsizes off Italian island of Lampedusa [1]
First WNBA Player to Reach 10,000 Points
Aug 3 Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi becomes first WNBA player to reach 10,000 points as she drops 42 points in a 91-71 win over the Atlanta Dream at Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona
- Aug 4 Mudslide in Chinese city of Xi’an kills at least 21 people, in the wake of Typhoon Khanun [1]
- Aug 5 Slovenia facing "biggest natural disaster in its history" according to PM Robert Golob after record rainfall and flooding affects two-thirds of the country, and kills three [1]
- Aug 5 Waterfront brawl in Montgomery, Alabama, begun when black riverboat captain attacked by white boaters reaches national attention, raising issues about racial solidarity [1]
Barbie Passes $1 Billion
Aug 6 "Barbie" film passes $1 billion at the global box office - its director Greta Gerwig is the first solo female filmmaker to do so [1]
Imran Khan Convicted
Aug 6 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is convicted of illegally selling state gifts and sentenced to three years [1]
- Aug 6 Train derailment in Nawabshah, Sindh province, Pakistan, kills at least 30 people with more than 60 injured [1]
Tory Lanez Sentenced
Aug 8 Canadian rapper Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot several times during an argument [1]
- Aug 8 Colombian drug dealer Dairo Antonio Úsuga (Otoniel) named 'the most dangerous drug trafficker in the world' sentenced to 45 years in prison in the US [1]
- Aug 8 Storm Hans brings widespread destruction to Scandinavia with Norway warning of its highest rainfall for 25 years [1]
- Aug 9 Ecuador opposition presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated at a campaign rally in Quito [1]
- Aug 9 MLB Phillies pitcher Michael Lorenzen throws a no-hitter in his first career complete game, a 7-0 win over Washington Nationals, and outfielder Weston Wilson makes his MLB debut, hitting a home run in his first at bat, at Citizen's Bank Park in Philadelphia
- Aug 9 Wildfires on Hawaiian Island of Maui kill at least 97 and destroy historic town of Lahaina
- Aug 10 17 Rohingya refugees drown and 30 remain missing after a boat capsizes in the Bay of Bengal, bound for Malaysia [1]
- Aug 10 24-hour approval granted to two rival robotaxi services in San Francisco - Cruise (General Motors) and Waymo (Google) [1]
- Aug 10 Russia launches its first lunar mission in 47 years (Lunar 25) - an uncrewed spacecraft to the Moon’s south pole from Vostochny Cosmodrome [1]
- Aug 10 Virgin Galactic flies its first space tourists to the edge of space from Spaceport America, New Mexico [1]
- Aug 13 British Open Women's Golf, Walton Heath GC: American Lilia Vu wins her second major title of the year with a 6 stroke win from local favourite Charley Hull
- Aug 13 Suspected air strike on Finote Selam in Ethiopia's Amhara region kills at least 26 people as government forces fight Fante paramilitary force [1]
- Aug 14 Former US President Donald Trump and 18 others, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, indicted by a grand jury in Atlanta on felony charges for attempting to overturn 2020 election in Georgia [1]
- Aug 14 July 2023 was the warmest month in 174 years "by a long shot" according to NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 2.02 degrees F above 20th century average [1]
- Aug 15 Young activists win landmark case, Held v. Montana, judge ruling state of Montana must consider climate change when deciding to approve or renew fossil fuel projects [1]
- Aug 16 British Museum reveals a staff member has been sacked for stealing about 2,000 objects including jewellery and semi-precious stones [1]
- Aug 16 Longest survival of a pig's kidney transplant - survives a month (so far) in body of a brain dead man in research at NYU Langone Health [1]
- Aug 16 Ötzi the Iceman, the 5,300 years old mummy, had dark skin, dark eyes and was descended from early Anatolian farmers in results from updated DNA study [1]
- Aug 16 The Northwest Territories in Canada declare a state of emergency due to wildfires and order an evacuation of the city of Yellowknife, affecting 22,000 people [1]
- Aug 17 First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit begins in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India [1]
- Aug 17 US 30-year fixed mortgage rate rises above 7% for the first time in 21 years [1]
- Aug 18 Canadian province of British Columbia declares state of emergency as two major wildfires combine near Adams Lake, forcing the evacuation of 30,000 people [1]
- Aug 18 English neonatal nurse Lucy Letby found guilty of the murder of seven babies and attempted murder of six more, between June 2015 and June 2016, at a Manchester court [1]
- Aug 19 MLB Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner hits two solo home runs in same inning in 12-3 win over the Nationals in Washington
- Aug 20 Ecuador votes, in a referendum, against drilling for oil in Yasuni National Park, a world biosphere reserve inhabited by indigenous groups in the Amazon [1]
- Aug 20 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Stadium Australia, Sydney: Spanish captain Olga Carmona scores the only goal of the game as La Furia Roja score a 1-0 win over England
- Aug 20 Guatemala presidential elections won by anti-corruption candidate Bernardo Arévalo, defeating former first lady Sandra Torres [1]
- Aug 20 Russia's Luna 25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon according to Roscosmos, the country's space agency [1]
- Aug 20 Tropical Storm Hilary makes landfall on Mexico's Baja peninsula, the first tropical storm to hit the region for 84 years [1]
- Aug 21 Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario in Nintendo's video games, retires after 27 years [1]
- Aug 21 Saudi border guards accused of killing hundreds of migrants, shooting them as they tried to cross into the country from Yemen in report by Human Rights Watch [1]
Sports History
Aug 21 Thierry Henry is named as the new manager of the France national under-21 team
- Aug 22 Eight people dramatically rescued from a cable car after 14 hours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwest Pakistan [1]
- Aug 22 Thailand's parliament picks real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin as Prime Minister after a three-month delay [1]
- Aug 23 At least 26 people killed after a railway bridge under construction collapses near Indian town of Sairang, Mizoram state [1]
- Aug 23 Greek wildfires claim 20 lives, including 18 migrants try to cross the border from Turkey [1]
- Aug 23 India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission is the first to land at the Moon's southern pole successfully, and the fourth country to ever land on the Moon [1]
Wagner Group Plane Crash
Aug 23 Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, reported killed along with 9 others in a plane crash northwest of Moscow, according to Russian Federal Air Transport Agency
- Aug 24 BRICS meeting of emerging nations in South Africa agrees to invite six new nations to join, in attempt to balance global power of the US and Europe [1]
- Aug 24 FIFA opens disciplinary case against Luis Rubiales, head of Spanish football, for kissing a player on the lips during celebrations for the Spanish women's World Cup win [1]
- Aug 24 Former US President Donald Trump surrenders at Fulton County Jail, to be arrested on charges stemming from his attempts to alter 2020 Georgia election, and gets a mug shot [1]
Chess World Cup
Aug 24 Norwegian Magnus Carlsen defeats Indian teenager Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in a tiebreak to win his first Chess World Cup championship [1]
Mnangagwa Re-Elected
Aug 26 Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa "The Crocodile" elected to a second term amid claims of vote-rigging [1]
Biles Wins 8th Championship
Aug 27 Gymnast Simone Biles (26) wins her record 8th US Championship in San Jose, California
- Aug 28 "Barbie" becomes Warner Bros' highest-grossing global release, overtaking "Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows Part 2" taking $1.34 billion [1]
- Aug 29 Greek wildfire north of city of Alexandroupoli declared EU's largest ever recorded, having burnt 310 sq miles (810 sq km) and killed 20 people [1]
- Aug 29 Parasite worm, alive and wriggling, found in a woman's brain for the first time in Canberra, Australia [1]
- Aug 30 Gabon military leaders seize power in a coup, placing President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest in Libreville [1]
- Aug 30 Hurricane Idalia makes landfall as a category 3 storm in Florida's Big Bend, killing at least two people
- Aug 30 Largest bombardment of Ukrainian capital Kyiv for months by Russia leaves two dead, as Ukraine also bombards Russian territories with drones [1]
- Aug 30 More than 100 UK school buildings at risk of collapse told to close, because of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete - days before the new school year [1]
- Aug 31 At least 74 die in a fire in a office building housing migrants and vulnerable people in Johannesburg, South Africa [1]
- Aug 31 New computer model study suggests humanity was almost wiped out 900,000 years ago with just 1,280 reproducing individuals left [1]
- Aug 31 Two leaders of right wing group the Proud Boys given lengthy sentences for sedition for their assault on the US Capitol - Joseph Biggs 17 years and Zachary Rehl 15 years [1]
Famous Divorces
Reese Witherspoon
Aug 2 American "Legally Blonde" actress Reese Witherspoon and American talent agent Jim Toth divorce after 11 years of marriage
Justin Trudeau
Aug 2 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announce their separation after 18 years of marriage [1]
Britney Spears
Aug 16 Sam Asghari files for divorce from singer Britney Spears after 14 months of marriage [1]
Famous Deaths
- Aug 1 Sheila Oliver, American politician (Lt. Governor of New Jersey, 2018-23; Member of NJ State Assembly, 2004-18), dies at 71
- Aug 2 Peter Dixon, English rugby union flanker (22 Tests England, 3 British & Irish Lions; Oxford University RFC, Harlequins RFC), dies at 79
- Aug 3 Bob Murdoch, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (Stanley Cup 1971, 73 Montreal Canadiens) and coach (Chicago Blackhawks, Winnipeg Jets), dies at 76
- Aug 3 Carl Davis, American-British conductor and BAFTA Award-winning film score composer (The French Lieutenant's Woman; restored silent film Napoléon; BBC's Pride and Prejudice), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 86 [1]
- Aug 3 Ijaz Butt, Pakistani cricket batsman and wicketkeeper (8 Tests, 5 dismissals, 1 x 50; Lahore, Multan, Punjab, Rawalpindi) and executive (President PCB 2008-11), dies at 85
- Aug 3 Mark Margolis, American stage and screen actor (Breaking Bad; The Wrestler), dies at 83
- Aug 4 Charles Ogletree, American civil rights attorney and educator (Harvard Law School, 1985-2015), dies of Alzheimer’s disease at 70
- Aug 4 John Gosling, British rock keyboardist (The Kinks, 1970-78 - "Lola"; "Celluloid Heroes"), dies at 75
- Aug 4 Tane Norton, New Zealand rugby union hooker and captain (27 Tests; Mid Canterbury RFU, Canterbury RFU), dies at 81
- Aug 5 (Russell) "Rusty" Richards, American cowboy singer, yodeler, songwriter (Sons of the Pioneers, 1963-84), actor and film stuntman, dies at 89
- Aug 6 David LaFlamme, American electric rock violinist (It's A Beautiful Day - "White Bird"), dies at 82
- Aug 7 DJ Casper [William Perry Jr.], American club DJ and songwriter ("Cha Cha Slide"), dies of cancer at 58
- Aug 7 Jim Price, American baseball catcher (World Series 1968 Detroit Tigers) and broadcaster (ESPN, Detroit Tigers Radio Network 1998-2023), dies at 81
- Aug 7 Mirko Giansanti, Italian motorcycle road racer (140 x Grand Prix starts, 12 x podiuns) and executive (GYTR GRT Yamaha sporting director), dies at 46
- Aug 7 William Friedkin, American film director, producer, writer (The Exorcist; The French Connection), dies of heart failure at 87 [1]
- Aug 8 Federico Bahamontes, Spanish road cyclist (Tour de France 1959; first to win mountain classification in all 3 Grand Tours), dies at 95
- Aug 8 Libby Newman, American artist, dies at 100
- Aug 8 [Sixto] Rodríguez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Sugar Man"), dies at 81
- Aug 9 (Jaime Royal) "Robbie" Robertson, Canadian-Mohawk singer-songwriter and rock guitarist (The Band - "The Weight"; "Up On Cripple Creek"), and soundtrack composer (Martin Scorsese films), dies of prostate cancer at 80 [1] [2]
- Aug 9 Fernando Villavicencio, Ecuadorian journalist, trade unionist, and politician, assassinated by gunfire at close range at 59
- Aug 9 Ita Ever, Estonian stage, radio, and screen actress (Tayna chyornykh drozdov (The Secret of the Blackbirds)), dies at 92
- Aug 11 Alexandru Penciu, Romanian rugby union fullback, centre (34 caps; Locomotiva PTT, CSA Steaua București, Rugby Rovigo), dies at 90
- Aug 11 Julian Ogilvie Thompson, South African businessman (CEO of De Beers Diamonds. 1985-97), dies at 89
- Aug 11 Tom Jones, American musical theatre lyricist (The Fantasticks; 110 In the Shade), dies of cancer at 95 [1]
- Aug 12 Atanas Golomeev, Bulgarian basketball center (FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer 1973 Academic Sofia, 1975 Levski Sofia; FIBA European Selection 1971, 73, 75, 77), dies at 76
- Aug 12 Jacques Rougerie, French rugby union front rower (1 Test; AS Montferrand), dies at 78
- Aug 12 Joggie Viljoen, South African rugby union scrum half (6 Tests; Griqualand West RU, Eastern Province RU), dies at 78
- Aug 14 Agustín González Acilu, Spanish composer (Prince of Viana Prize), and educator, dies at 94
- Aug 14 Bobby Baun, Canadian NHL hockey defenseman, 1956-73 (Toronto Maple Leafs, and 2 other teams), dies at 86
- Aug 14 Boris Dubrovsky, Russian rower (Olympic gold double sculls [Oleg Tyurin] 1964), dies at 83
- Aug 15 Joel Eric Suben, American conductor and composer, dies at 77
- Aug 16 Edgar Marín, Costa Rican soccer striker (32 caps; Saprissa, Oakland Clippers, Kansas City Spurs), dies at 80
- Aug 16 Howard S. Becker, American sociologist, and author (Outsiders), dies at 95
- Aug 16 Jerry Moss, American music promoter and record label executive (co-founded A&M Records, with Herb Alpert), dies at 88
Michael Parkinson (1935-2023)
Aug 16 English broadcaster and TV talkshow host and interviewer (Parkinson), dies at 88 [1]
- Aug 16 Renata Scotto, Italian soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1965-87; La Traviata - "Violetta") and opera director, dies at 89 [1]
- Aug 17 Bobby Eli [Eli Tatarsky], American session and touring guitarist (Philadelphia International Records; Sigma Sound; Salsoul Orchestra), songwriter, and producer, dies at 77 [1]
- Aug 17 Gabriella Kotsis, Hungarian Volleyball HOF coach (Hungary Olympics 1972, 76, 80), dies at 95
- Aug 17 Gary Young, American rock drummer (Pavement), dies at 70
- Aug 17 Gudrun Pflüger, Austrian mountain runner (World C'ship gold 1992, 94, 95, 96), dies at 50
- Aug 17 Guillermo Timoner, Spanish cyclist (UCI Motor-paced World C'ships 1955, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65), dies at 97
- Aug 17 John Devitt, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 4x200m freestyle relay 1956, 100m freestyle 1960; silver 100m freestyle 1956; International Swimming HOF), dies at 86
- Aug 17 Miroslav Bošković, Serbian soccer defender (6 caps Yugoslavia; Hajduk Split, FK Partizan, Angers SCO), dies at 76
- Aug 17 Rick Jeanneret, Canadian Hockey HOF broadcaster (Buffalo Sabres Hockey Network 1972–2022), dies from multiple organ failure at 81
- Aug 18 Garry Adey, English rugby union number 8 (2 Tests; Leicester Tigers 381 games) and businessman (Executive Chairman The Adey Group), dies at 78
- Aug 18 James L. Buckley, American politician, Senator from New York (Conservative Party: 1971-77), dies at 100
- Aug 18 Jean-Louis Georgelin, French Army General (Chief of the Defence Staff, 2006-10), and overseer of Notre-Dame-de-Paris reconstruction (2019-23), dies in a mountain climbing faux pas at 74 [1]
- Aug 18 Ray Hildebrand, American pop and contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter (Paul & Paula - "Hey Paula; Land and Hildebrand), dies at 82
- Aug 19 Carlo Mazzone, Italian soccer manager (Ascoli, Fiorentina, Roma, Napoli, Bologna, Cagliari) and centre-back (AS Roma, SPAL, Ascoli), dies at 86
- Aug 19 Gloria Coates, American post-minimalist composer ("Music on Open Strings"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 89
- Aug 19 John Warnock, American computer scientist, and businessman (co-founder of Adobe Systems), dies at 82
- Aug 19 Ron Cephas Jones, American Emmy Award-winning actor (This is Us), dies of pulmonary disease at 66
- Aug 20 Bill Vukovich II, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1968; Indianapolis 500 1973 runner-up), dies at 79
- Aug 20 Isabel Crook (née Brown), Canadian-British anthropologist, author (Prosperity's Predicament), and professor (Beijing Foreign Studies University. 1947-81), dies at 107 [1]
- Aug 20 Naushad Ali, Pakistan cricket wicket keeper (6 Tests, 9 dismissals; Karachi, Punjab) and match referee (5 Tests, 13 ODI), dies at 79
- Aug 22 (Salvatore) "Toto" Cutugno, Italian pop singer-songwriter ("L'Italiano"; Eurovision, 1990; "Insieme: 1992"), dies of prostate cancer at 80
- Aug 22 Tom Courtney, American athlete (Olympic gold 800m, 4x400m relay 1956), dies of amyloidosis at 90
- Aug 23 Austin Robertson Jr., Australian Football HOF forward (WANFL record 1211 goals Subiaco FC; South Melbourne; WA 10 games), dies at 80
- Aug 23 Bob Feldman, American pop songwriter and record producer ("My Boyfriend's Back", "I Want Candy"), dies at 83
- Aug 23 Terry Funk, American HOF pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team C'ship 1998; NWA World Heavyweight C'ship 1975-76) and actor (Paradise Alley; Roadhouse), dies at 79
- Aug 23 Theuns Stofberg, South African rugby union flanker (21 caps, captain 1980, 81, 84; Orange FS, Northern Transvaal, Western Province), dies in a traffic collision at 68
- Aug 23 Vicente Lecaro, Ecuadorian soccer defender (8 caps; FC Barcelona, CS Emelec), dies at 87
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961-2023)
Aug 23 Russian oligarch and mercenary leader (Wagner Group), killed in a plane crash at 62
- Aug 24 Arleen Sorkin, American actress (Days of Our Lives - "Calliope Jones"; America's Funniest Videos, 1990-92), and screenwriter, dies at 67
- Aug 24 Bernie Marsden, English rock and blues guitarist and songwriter (Whitesnake - "Fool for Your Loving"; "Here I Go Again"), dies at 72
- Aug 24 Bray Wyatt, American pro wrestler (WWE Championship 2017, Smackdown & Raw Tag Team C'ships), dies of a heart attack at 36
- Aug 24 George Montgomery, American drag racer (7 x NHRA national title gas class; Motorsports HOF of America), dies at 90
Bob Barker (1923-2023)
Aug 26 American TV game show host (The Price is Right, 1972-2007; Truth or Consequences, 1956-75), actor (Happy Gilmore), and animal rights activist, dies at 99 [1]
- Aug 26 John Kezdy, American punk-rock guitarist and singer (The Effigies), and later prosecuting attorney, dies from injuries sustained in a bicycle crash at 64
- Aug 26 Tony Roberts, American College Football HOF broadcaster (play-by-play announcer Notre Dame Fighting Irish football 1980-2006), dies at 94
- Aug 26 Yvon Pedneault, Canadian Hockey HOF journalist and broadcaster (Montreal Canadiens: Réseau des sports, Télévision de Radio-Canada, TVA, TQS), dies from cancer at 77
- Aug 27 Franne Lee (née Newman), American Tony Award-winning costume designer (Sweeny Todd; SNL, 1975-80), dies at 81
- Aug 27 Jonathan E. Sheppard, English HOF thoroughbred horse racing trainer (winningest trainer in American steeplechase racing history 1,242 victories), dies of lyme disease at 82
- Aug 27 Jonathan Sheppard, English-born American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame horse racing trainer (4X Breeder's Cup Grand National Steeplechase; Steeplechase, record 1,242 steeplechase victories), ), dies at 82
- Aug 27 Pat Corrales, American baseball catcher (Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, SD Padres) and manager (Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians), dies at 82
- Aug 28 Len Chandler, American folk music singer-songwriter ("Beans in Ears"), and civil rights activist, dies at 88
- Aug 29 Mike Enriquez, Filipino broadcast journalist, dies of cardiac arrest during routine dialysis treatment at 71
- Aug 29 Waldemar Victorino., Uruguayan soccer forward (33 caps; CA Cerro, Cagliari, Newell's Old Boys, Colón de Santa Fe, LDU Portoviejo), dies at 71
- Aug 30 Gennady Sapunov, Russian Greco-Roman wrestler (World C'ship gold lightweight 1963, 65; silver 1966) and coach (Soviet GR wrestling team 1979-90), dies at 84
- Aug 30 Jack Sonni, American guitarist (Dire Straits, 1985-88), dies at 68
- Aug 30 Jan Jongbloed, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (24 caps; DWS 353 games, FC Amsterdam, Roda JC, Go Ahead Eagles), dies at 82
- Aug 30 Mohamed Al Fayed, Egyptian business magnate (Harrods - London; The Ritz Hotel - Paris), dies at 94
- Aug 31 Anatoly Sass, Russian rower (Olympic gold USSR double sculls 1968), dies at 87
- Aug 31 Bill Pinkney, American National Sailing HOF yachtsman (first African American to sail around the world solo via Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn), dies at 87
- Aug 31 Curtis Fowlkes, American jazz and session trombonist, singer, and band leader (The Jazz Passengers; Lounge Lizards), dies at 73
- Aug 31 Gayle Hunnicutt, American-British actress (Marlowe; Legend of Hell House; Dallas), dies at 80
- Aug 31 Gil Brandt, American Pro Football HOF executive (vice president player personnel Dallas Cowboys 1960-88; Super Bowl VI, XII), dies at 91
- Aug 31 John Quenby, British motorsport executive (CEO RAC Motor Sports Association 1990-2001), dies at 81
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